A critical analysis of calcium carbonate mesocrystals

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Yi Yeoun ^a   Schenk, Anna S ^a   Ihli, Johannes ^a   Kulak, Alex N ^a   Hetherington, Nicola B J ^a   Tang, Chiu C ^b   Schmahl, Wolfgang W ^c   Griesshaber, Erika ^c   Hyett, Geoffrey ^d   Meldrum, Fiona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MESOCRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE AREA;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PARACENTROTUS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84904211610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5341     Document Type: Article

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